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Chen was born on 3 April 1916 in [[Huangyan District|Huangyan]], [[Taizhou, Zhejiang]], Republic of China.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.chinabeidou.gov.cn/c/1356.html|title=Chen Fangyun, a Man of Great Merit for China’s Nuclear Bomb, Missile and Satellite Undertaking|last=|first=|date=2019-03-22|website=China National Administration of GNSS and Applications|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.93.gov.cn/html/93gov/syfc/lyys/zgkxyys/yq/130111148968897060.html|title=陈芳允|last=|first=|date=2018-08-23|website=Jiusan Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref> He graduated from Huangyan County Middle School in 1931 and Shanghai Pudong High School in 1934.<ref name=":1" /> |
Chen was born on 3 April 1916 in [[Huangyan District|Huangyan]], [[Taizhou, Zhejiang]], Republic of China.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.chinabeidou.gov.cn/c/1356.html|title=Chen Fangyun, a Man of Great Merit for China’s Nuclear Bomb, Missile and Satellite Undertaking|last=|first=|date=2019-03-22|website=China National Administration of GNSS and Applications|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.93.gov.cn/html/93gov/syfc/lyys/zgkxyys/yq/130111148968897060.html|title=陈芳允|last=|first=|date=2018-08-23|website=Jiusan Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref> He graduated from Huangyan County Middle School in 1931 and Shanghai Pudong High School in 1934.<ref name=":1" /> |
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He entered [[Tsinghua University]] in 1934 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics in 1938. While a student at Tsinghua, he participated in the [[December 9th Movement]] against Japanese aggression in 1935. |
He entered [[Tsinghua University]] in 1934 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics in 1938. While a student at Tsinghua, he participated in the [[December 9th Movement]] against Japanese aggression in 1935.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Career == |
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During the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], Chen taught and conducted research at Tsinghua's Radio Research Institute and later worked at the Chengdu Radio Factory.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> After the end of the war, he went to Britain in 1945 and worked for three years as a researcher at the [[A.C. Cossor]] radio factory.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="SullivanLiu2015">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGCGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA69|title=Historical Dictionary of Science and Technology in Modern China|last1=Sullivan|first1=Lawrence R.|last2=Liu|first2=Nancy Y.|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-7855-6|pages=69–70}}</ref> |
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Chen returned to China in 1948. He was one of the scientists who established the Institute of Electronics of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=":0" /> At the institute, he developed the world's first measuring device for [[ultrashort pulse]], used to ascertain the level of radiation in nuclear explosions.<ref name=":0" /> In 1964, he developed China's first [[anti-jamming]] [[radar]] for aircraft.<ref name=":0" /> |
Chen returned to China in 1948. He was one of the scientists who established the Institute of Electronics of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=":0" /> At the institute, he developed the world's first measuring device for [[ultrashort pulse]], used to ascertain the level of radiation in nuclear explosions.<ref name=":0" /> In 1964, he developed China's first [[anti-jamming]] [[radar]] for aircraft.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Template:Chinese name Chen Fangyun (Chinese: 陈芳允; 3 April 1916 – 29 April 2000) was a Chinese electrical engineer. Considered the founder of radio electronics in China,[1] he was pivotal in the development of telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) systems that control China's satellites and missiles, and in the development of the BeiDou satellite navigation system. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal. The asteroid 10929 Chenfangyun is named after him.
Early life and education
Chen was born on 3 April 1916 in Huangyan, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Republic of China.[2][3] He graduated from Huangyan County Middle School in 1931 and Shanghai Pudong High School in 1934.[3]
He entered Tsinghua University in 1934 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics in 1938. While a student at Tsinghua, he participated in the December 9th Movement against Japanese aggression in 1935.[3]
Career
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen taught and conducted research at Tsinghua's Radio Research Institute and later worked at the Chengdu Radio Factory.[2][3] After the end of the war, he went to Britain in 1945 and worked for three years as a researcher at the A.C. Cossor radio factory.[2][3][4]
Chen returned to China in 1948. He was one of the scientists who established the Institute of Electronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] At the institute, he developed the world's first measuring device for ultrashort pulse, used to ascertain the level of radiation in nuclear explosions.[2] In 1964, he developed China's first anti-jamming radar for aircraft.[2]
In the early 1970s, Chen began researching and developing telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) systems that control satellites tens of thousands of kilometers away from earth. The TT&C system he developed was crucial in the successful launch of China's first geosynchronous communications satellite in April 1984, and he was conferred the Special Prize of the State Science and Technology Progress Award the next year.[2] Based on Chen's pioneering work, a network of TT&C systems has since been deployed to control China's satellites and missiles.[1]: 155 He also put forward theories and proposals leading to the creation and early development of BeiDou, the Chinese satellite navigation system built as an alternative to the American Global Positioning System, and is considered a founder of BeiDou.[2]
In March 1986, Chen and three other prominent scientists—Wang Daheng, Wang Ganchang, and Yang Jiachi—wrote a letter to Deng Xiaoping advocating the development of strategic technologies.[1] Deng accepted their proposal, which gave birth to the influential 863 Program, named after the date of their letter.[1]
Chen was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.[5] He was also an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics and served as Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation.[2]
Chen was awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal in 1999.[5] The asteroid 10929 Chenfangyun, discovered by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program in 1998, is named after him.[6]
Chen died on 29 April 2000, at the age of 84.[2][5]
References
- ^ a b c d Feigenbaum, Evan A. (2003). China's Techno-warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age. Stanford University Press. pp. 141, 155. ISBN 978-0-8047-4601-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chen Fangyun, a Man of Great Merit for China's Nuclear Bomb, Missile and Satellite Undertaking". China National Administration of GNSS and Applications. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e "陈芳允". Jiusan Society. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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(help) - ^ Sullivan, Lawrence R.; Liu, Nancy Y. (2015). Historical Dictionary of Science and Technology in Modern China. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-8108-7855-6.
- ^ a b c "陈芳允". Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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(help) - ^ "10929 Chenfangyun". NASA. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2019-04-26.